MMLA schedules membership luncheon
The Southeast Michigan Mortgage Lenders Association (SEMMLA) will conduct it January Membership Luncheon on Tuesday, January 15, at the Federal Reserve Bank — Detroit Branch at 1600 East Warren.
The event will begin with a tour of the Federal Reserve Bank at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch and a program presented by business economist Paul Taub.
To register, visit www.mmla.net. The cost to attend is $35 for MMLA members and $49 for non-MMLA members.
For additional information, contact Karen Bondar at 586.457.3619 or karen.bondar@ugcorp.com.
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Procession to honor shooting victims
FLINT (AP) — A procession of emergency vehicles is planned across Michigan next month in honor of Connecticut school shooting victims.
Each vehicle will have the name, birthday and date of death for 20 children killed this month at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, The Flint Journal reported. The January 5 procession aims to raise money for funeral expenses and a memorial.
“We basically want to give our communities a chance to mourn because it was a shock to us all,” said Steven Major, president of Arrowhead Police Emergency Vehicle Equipment in Flint, who also organized a drive to help Hurricane Sandy victims.
The procession is scheduled to head north starting at 8 a.m. from the Michigan Welcome Center on Interstate 75 near the Ohio border.
The route is expected to take the procession through cities including Detroit, Flint, Madison Heights, Royal Oak, Troy, Pontiac, Flint, Lansing, Saginaw, Bay City, Gaylord, Petoskey, Mackinac City and St. Ignace. It will end with a vigil in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Bills signed regarding veterans, prescriptions
LANSING (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation aimed at helping military veterans gain employment in the electrician and plumbing fields.
The governor’s office said this week Snyder signed measures to require experience gained through military service to be taken into account when being considered for licenses in those fields.
Snyder also signed legislation that would allow collection and redistribution of prescription medication.
The measures aim to allow medical facilities to donate unused drugs for distribution to needy patients.
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Ordinance limiting alcohol sales remains
EAST LANSING (AP) — An ordinance aimed at curbing excessive drinking at bars and restaurants in East Lansing is staying on the books.
The Lansing State Journal reports City Council members voted 3-2 on Monday against a request to temporarily eliminate the requirement.
The regulation, known as the 50/50 ordinance, requires bars or restaurants selling alcohol to earn at least 50 percent of revenue from food sales. Some of the city’s older bars and restaurants were grandfathered into the ordinance and aren’t restricted by the regulation.
East Lansing is home to Michigan State University. The ordinance was implemented in the 1980s amid problems at area bars.
Opponents of the ordinance argued that it was too time-consuming to enforce and should be updated. Others said, however, that the regulation worked in setting standards.
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